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    Kaijun Zhao

    Date：2019-04-24Author：Source：

    Kaijun Zhao
    Head of the Research Group of Discovery and utilization of disease resistance genes in rice
    Center for Crop Genomics & Molecular Design
    Institute of Crop Sciences
    No.12 Zhongguancun South Street
    Beijing, 100081, China
    Tel:86-10-82105852
    Fax:86-10-
    Email:zhaokaijun@caas.cn

    Educations

    • 1979.09-1983.07: BS, Sichuan Agriculture University, China
    • 1983.09-1986.07: MS, Graduate School of CAAS, China
    • 1986.11-1989.10: Ph.D., Graduate School of CAAS, China

    Working Experience

    • 2006.10-Present: Professor, Institute of Crop Science, CAA
    • 2003.10-2006.09: Liaison Scientist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
    • 2000.01-2003.09: Professor, Institute of Crop Science, CAAS
    • 1998.12-1999.12: Associate Professor, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, CAAS
    • 1995.06-1998.11: Post-doctoral fellow, The University of Hong Kong
    • 1992.03-1995.05: Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Breeding & Cultivation, CAAS
    • 1989.12-1992.12: Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Breeding & Cultivation, CAAS

    Research Interests

    • The molecular mechanisms of rice-pathogen interaction and consequently developing resources for rice breeding

    Academic Qualifications

    Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

    Haque E, Taniguchi H, Hassan MM, Bhowmik P, Karim MR, Smiech M, Zhao KJ, Rahman M and Islam T (2018) Application of CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing Technology for the Improvement of Crops Cultivated in Tropical Climates: Recent Progress, Prospects, and Challenges. Front. Plant Sci. 9:617. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00617
    HAO Wei，JI Zhi-yuan，ZHENG Kai-li，SUN Hong-da，WANG Fu-jun，TANG Yong-chao，ZHANG Ming-we，Zhao KJ，WANG Chun-lian，Enhancing Rice Resistance to Bacterial Blight in Rice by Genome Editing，Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 2018，19（3）：525-532.
    Tariq R., Wang CL., Qin TF., Xu FF., Tang YC., Gao Y., Ji ZY. and Zhao KJ* Comparative Transcriptome Profiling of Rice Near-Isogenic Line Carrying Xa23 under Infection of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 717; doi:10.3390/ijms19030717
    Mishra R and Zhao KJ*, Genome editing technologies and their applications in crop improvement, Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2018.
    Ansari A, Wang CL, Wang J, Wang FJ, Liu PQ, Gao Y, Tang YC and Zhao KJ*, Engineered Dwarf Male-Sterile Rice: A Promising Genetic Tool for Facilitating Recurrent Selection in Rice. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017, 8:2132. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02132.
    Cui H, Wang CL, Qin TF, Xu FF, Tang YC, Gao Y, Zhao KJ*, Promoter variants of Xa23 alleles affect bacterial blight resistance and evolutionary pattern. PLoS ONE. 2017, 12(10): e0185925.
    Ying Gao and Zhao KJ*. Molecular mechanism of BjCHI1-mediated plant defense against Botrytis cinerea infection. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2017, 12(1): e1271859
    Wang FJ, Wang CL, Zheng CK, Qin TF, Gao Y, Liu PQ and Zhao KJ*. Creation of gene-specific rice mutants by AvrXa23-based TALENs. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 2017, 16(2): 424–434.
    Gao Y, Jia SW, Wang CL, Wang FJ, Wang FJ and Zhao KJ*, BjMYB1, a transcription factor implicated in plant defence through activating BjCHI1 chitinase expression by binding to a W-box-like element. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2016, 67(15):4647-58.
    Wang FJ, Wang CL, Liu PQ, Lei CL, Hao W, Gao Y, Liu YG, Zhao KJ*，Enhanced Rice Blast Resistance by CRISPR/Cas9-Targeted Mutagenesis of the ERF Transcription Factor Gene OsERF922, PLoS ONE. 2016; 11(4): e0154027.
    Wang CL, Zhang XP, Fan YL, Gao Y, Zhu QL, Zheng CK, Qin TF, Li YQ, Che JY, Zhang MW, Yang B, Liu YG, Zhao KJ*, XA23 is an executor R protein and confers broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice, Molecular Plant, 2015, 8：290-302.
    Wang CL, Fan YL, Zheng CK, Qin TF, Zhang XP, Zhao KJ*. High-resolution genetic mapping of rice bacterial blight resistance gene Xa23. MGG. 2014, 289:745–753. DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0848-y.
    Zheng CK, Wang CL, Zhang XP, Wang FJ, Qin TF, Zhao KJ*. The last half-repeat of transcription activator-like effector is dispensable and thereby TALE-based technology can be simplified. Mol Plant Pathol. 2014, 15(7), 690–697.
    Wang CL, Qin TF, Yu HM, Zhang XP, Che JY, Gao Y, Zheng CK, Yang B*, Zhao KJ*. The broad bacterial blight resistance of rice line CBB23 is triggered by a novel transcription activator-like (TAL) effector of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Mol Plant Pathol. 2014, 15(4):333-341. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12092.
    Gao Y, Zan XL, Wu XF, Yao L, Chen YL, Jia SW, Zhao KJ*, Identification of fungus-responsive cis-acting element in the promoter of Brassica juncea chitinase gene BjCHI1, Plant Science 2014，215-216:190-198.

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